四諦

したい

The Four Noble Truths (of Buddhism)

四聖

しせい

the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)

諦

satya; truth

要諦

ようてい

important point

三諦

さんたい さんだい

(in tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two)

真諦

しんたい しんてい

ultimate truth, essence (in Buddhism)

諦め

あきらめ

resignation, acceptance, consolation

諦念

ていねん

understanding and acceptance, spiritual awakening, a heart that understands truth, (feeling of) resignation

諦観

ていかん

clear vision, resignation (as in reconciling oneself)

妙諦

みょうてい みょうたい

amazing truth, cardinal principle, key (to understanding)

集諦

じったい

truth of the origin of suffering

空諦

くうたい

truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)

滅諦

めったい

truth of the cessation of suffering

苦諦

くたい

truth of suffering

俗諦

ぞくたい

simplified teaching

仮諦

けたい

truth of temporariness (holding that all things are temporary)

道諦

どうたい

truth of the way to the cessation of suffering

中諦

ちゅうたい

all beings are not one-sided, but rather absolute, beyond words and thoughts

諦める

あきらめる

to give up, to abandon (hope, plans), to resign oneself (to)